Reviews

You've Been Served by Kristen Alicia

bookishlucy's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book was really cute and funny.
Silas was adorable, and Simone was a very relatable character. I found out the author is an attorney so it was fun to read about the law without it being too overwhelming or confusing. 
While Simone wasn't perfect, I loved how self-aware she was and how her friends called her on her shit when it was necessary.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Car accident

10tlgibs's review

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

ridgewife's review

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

georgia_sara93's review

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

After a career as a Chef Simone has had enough of her terrible boss and the industry and seeks advice from her magic 8 ball to decide if she should go to law school or not. Well, results are in and off she goes! Balancing a new field of education, friends help make or break coping and so does getting her eyes set on a handsome fellow student…

This has all the right markings for me, Black FMC seeking a new career, romance but I just found transition scenes sometimes lacking within the same chapter and it didn’t seem like a clear break between scenes in the same chapter and the romantic feelings weren’t always obviously built up to. But overall it’s a cute story!

Thanks NetGalley and Publishers for this ARC!

caitlinscamera's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

aldarakamey's review against another edition

5.0

School rivals? School rivals.

It's a story with a quick pace, the characters made the story so easy to read. The romance happened in a way that feel organic and real. Now i don't know about law school, but this story feel like realistic because compared to the movies didn't feel too hollywood.

lanise's review

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

deidrelj's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

smalltownbookmom's review

4.0

3.5 rounded up.

This was a fun, light-hearted enemies to friends to lovers slow burn romance between two first year law students. I loved both of the love interests, the diverse characters, the swoony male lead and ALL the How to get away with murder (without any actual murders) vibes! Good on audio and definitely worth picking up. Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early audio copy in exchange for my honest review!

Steam level: kissing only

pinkishperla's review against another edition

2.0

I was excited to get an ARC of this book (thanks to the publisher and Netgalley!)— a reluctant law student and a law school romance is literally my life. Maybe my expectations were too high, but I found this novel a little underwhelming. There were lots of characters that felt under developed and the progression of the story felt stunted. Silas and Simone were cute and had obvious chemistry, but it wasn’t enough to carry this novel.